Biography of Candace Robb 
Candace was born in Taylorsville, North Carolina, was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before launching the Owen Archer mysteries Candace worked as a research editor in the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington, editing technical publications dealing with oceanography and polar science. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.

Robb’s favorite novels that set in the Middle Ages are the “Kristin Lavransdatter” trilogy by Sigrid Undset; “An Innocent Wayfaring”, by Marchette Chute ;Umberto Eco's “The Name of the Rose”; and “Katherine”, by Anya Seton.

All four Owen Archer mysteries have been on the fiction bestseller list in York and with The Nun's Tale the series hit the national lists in the UK.

Robb currently lives in Seattle, Washington where she now writes full-time and teaches creative writing in UW's Extension College. She is also a member of the Authors Guild, the Medieval Academy of America, the Richard III Society, The International Association of Crime Writers, the British Crime Writers Association, Mystery Writers of America, and the American Crime Writers League.